Hat stand and rack



Aug. 14, 1934. L. COHEN HAT STAND AND BACK Filed April 26, 1955 Patented Aug. 14, 1934 1.96 31 H v HAT STAND AND BACK 7 Leon Cohen, Los Angeles, Calif. I Application April 26. 1933, Serial N6. 668,028

'1 Claim. ((5111-1 33) I I 7 My invention relates to a hat stand particularly adapted for display purposes of hats in stores or to support both ladies and gentlemens hats.

An object and feature of my invention is the construction of a hat stand and rack having a large and fairly flexible rack structure or pad on which a hat may be supported by resting the hat with the pad inside of the crown.

In this connection, a further detailed object and feature of my invention is forming a comparatively rigid metal frame, this being formed from a tube with four lines of splits at each end, forming at each end of the tube four flexible strips in which the strips at opposite ends of the tube may bend to meet and then meeting ends secured or positioned contiguous to each other. Thus, one of the detail features of my construction is forming a metal frame having a tube through the center with metal bows extending outwardly from the top and bottom of the tube, these bows either being connected together at their ends or having the ends positioned contiguous one to the other. There is a suitable device, such as a ring, for holding the lower bowed strips together and in proper alignment.

Another feature of my invention consists of covering the metal frame with a starched and pressed fabric which may be shaped to conform to that of the bows.

Another feature is covering the starched and pressed fabric with a soft, cloth fabric formed in upper and lower sections which may be stitched at their median or meeting line.

Another detailed feature of my invention comprises perforating the covering fabric and the starched fabric at the lower end of the tube so this tube may form a socket in which a reduced dowel-like end of a stand may be inserted and thus hold the pad at the upper end of the stand, which stand may have a base for resting on a counter, window floor, or any suitable fiat surface where it is desired to position a stand.

My invention is illustrated in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view showing a hat on the pad of the hat rack.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is an elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 4 of the inner frame formed of the tube and bows.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the tube split at both ends. showing the strips for forming the bows.

the bows are unattached at their'outer ends and the lower bows are connected by a wire ring secured to a bead.

Fig. v6 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2 of a modified construction of 'inner frame in which In my invention I form an inner frame designated by the assembly numeral 11 by utilizing a tube 12 of suitable diameter. This tube is indicated as having four lines of splits 13 extending from either end. The sections between the slits form strips 14 which may be bent laterally. These strips, in Fig. 4, are bent to form lower and upper bows 15 and 16. The meeting ends 17 of these bow strips are secured together in any suitable manner. This may be done by having a through a transverse slot 19 in the opposite strip or the ends of the strips may be soldered or welded together. This forms a frame structure having the central unslit. section of the tube extending vertically and with four flexible bows. It is obvious that by making either less or more splits in the tube that a lesser or greater number of bows may be made.

A stiff covering designated by the assembly nutongue 18 on the end of one strip extending meral 20 is formed by an upper and a lower molded piece of starched and pressed fabric indicated at 21. This fits over the top portion of the frame having the flexible bows and the bottom portion. These sections of molded fabric meet at substantially the diametrical line 23 and need not be stitched together.

An outer covering 24 of thick, soft fabric, such as velvet, is formed of an upper and a lower section 25 and 26, each molded to the shape of the upper and lower portion of the pad and fits outside of the starched cloth. These two sections 25 and 26 are connected to a line of stitching 27 which encircles the pad.

The outer covering fabric 26 at the bottom and g the lower section 22 of the starched fabric each have perforations 28 in alignment a sufiicient size so that the dowel-like end 29 of the stand 30 may extend through these perforations and fit in the lower end of the tube 20, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The encircling horizontal shoulder 31 forms an felt hat is supported at a number of places on the inside and thus the hat is retained in its proper shape.

In the construction of Fig. 6, a tube 32 is split at both ends and has upper bow-forming strips 33 which are bent outwardly and then downwardly, and also has horizontal strips 34 which are bent at right angles to the axis-of the tube 22. The ends of the strips 34 engage a-wire ring 35, this being secured to the ends of the strips 34 by a bent-over bead 36 on each strip. The upper bow strips 33 are not attached to the wire or to the beads or strips 34 but the ends 3fl of the upper piece are positioned close to the bead 36 on each of the lower strips 34.

tionbeing similar to that illustrated in connection with Fig. 2 except for'the shape of the fabric sections. The outer fabric is then stitched cir- 1,969,718 135 5 account of the large surface of the pad, a soft' cumferentially at the line of the wire 35. The lower covering and inner fabrics are perforated at the bottom in alignment with the tube 32 so that the tube may form a socket to receive the dowel-like end 29 of the stand 30.

It is not necessary to use two fabrics; for a more inexpensive pad a single fabric, such as stiffened felt, may be used prov'ded that it has suf- Various changes may be -made-in the details of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim;

I a hat; -atubehaving its upper end split into a plu- The frame of Fig. 6 is thencovered withfirst 1 an inside starched and molded fabric" and on the outside by a soft cloth fabric, the construe rality of strips bent radially therefrom, and means for securing the strips to the inner face of the pad with the tube extending vertically downward from the apex of the pad, said tube being adapted to be 5 removably secured to asupport,

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